Question

Write TWO Original paragraphs summarizing and explaining the cause of your conflict and its history since it began. My conflict is Criminal Violence in Mexico...

Answer 1

Mexican drug cartels are the most important suppliers of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, and other illegal narcotics to the United States.

Cartel and drug trafficking drive severe corruption and violence in Mexico, contributing to tens of thousands of killings each year.

Since Mexico declared war on the cartels in 2006, the US has supplied billions of dollars in security and counternarcotics aid.

Answer 2

It stemmed from the annexation of the Republic of Texas by the U.S. in 1845 and from a dispute over whether Texas ended at the Nueces River (the Mexican claim) or the Rio Grande (the U.S. claim).